Digital Culture Studies Tilburg University

Overview

Hybrid education: starting from the academic year 2025-2026, this program will be offered as a hybrid program track. This means you can choose to follow the education entirely online or entirely on campus. This approach to education offers many opportunities, including flexibility, accessibility and the possibility to study in multiple locations. Note that you will earn the same diploma, regardless of whether you take the program online or on-campus.

The MA track on Digital Culture Studies is research-oriented. You will critically examine existing research frameworks and develop new conceptual and analytical tools for studying emerging 21st century culture. The program addresses a wide range of topical and urgent issues, focusing on what is important now at this moment and on what might become relevant in the future.

• Research concrete digital-cultural practices from within a broad interdisciplinary social-theoretical field and with an outspoken empirical emphasis.
• Analyze the social, cultural and political transformations of contemporary societies and investigate their influence of digitalization on social life.
• Address a wide range of topical and urgent issues and focus on what is important now at this moment and on what might become relevant in the future.  

• Our online magazine platform allows you to enhance your language and writing skills by actively turning academic content of digital culture into publications such as papers and opinion pieces.

Career prospects

We will educate you to become a critical evaluator, competent analyst and innovative contributor in the field of digital culture, well equipped to contribute to further research on fundamental questions raised by the rapid digital innovations.

The knowledge of digital media and their impact on individuals and society, combined with critical and conceptual thinking skills, you are suited for jobs such as policy advisor, digitalization expert, communication specialist, editor or digital marketing consultant.

Graduates work or start for example as:

• Media coordinator at Universidad de Monterrey
• Community Support Officer at the Digital Society Institute - University of Twente
• Researcher at DIMENSUS policy research
• Jr. Content Manager at UNGA